See also: Բոսոր

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բոսոր (bosor); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

բոսոր (bosor) (superlative ամենաբոսոր)

  1. (poetic) blood-red, crimson

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Has been connected with բոց (bocʻ) and Latin focus. Ačaṙyan derives the word from the Biblical place-name Բոսոր (Bosor, Bozrah); compare Isaiah 63:1 Իսկ այս ո՞վ է որ դիմեալ գայ յԵդովմայ․ կարմրութիւն ձորձոց իւրոց ի Բոսորայ։ (Isk ays o?v ē or dimeal gay yEdovmay; karmrutʻiwn jorjocʻ iwrocʻ i Bosoray., Who is this who comes from Edom, from the city of Bozrah, with his clothing stained red?).

Adjective edit

բոսոր (bosor)

  1. blood-red, crimson

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բոսոր (bosor)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոսոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բոսոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բոսոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 187